Review - "If I had it my way, I would have been a 20-year major leaguer going to the Hall of Fame. Obviously, my calling was...
Once was a time when you rarely saw a Black face in entertainment unless you were specifically looking for one — which is why these great...
Last week, Assemblymember Mike Gipson (D-Carson) demanded Sacramento County officials stop housing foster children in a former juvenile correction center. The lawmaker, who authored Assembly Bill...
Williams was an actor from 1960 to 2018 and was best known for his roles as Linc in “The Mod Squad” (and his signature line, solid)...
THE AFRO — ’s not very often that by the end of a play, there are empty theatre seats, audience members out of place and no...
Tre’vell Anderson, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (The Los Angeles Times) — The year of diversity in television is in full swing. Cemented by history-making Emmy...
Tre’vell Anderson, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (The Los Angeles Times) — The year of diversity in television is in full swing. Cemented by history-making Emmy...
Stacia L. Brown, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — Ava DuVernay, director of the Academy Award-nominated film “Selma,” spent all of this Wednesday...
Frazier Moore, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — When Oprah Winfrey was a youngster, the mere sighting of an African-American on television was occasion to...
by Mary L. Datcher Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Defender Bill Duke is one of America’s most prolific actors and directors as he continues...
Nekesa Mumbi Moody, ASSOCIATED PRESS BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Award is a guarantee of big stars and...
Nekesa Mumbi Moody, ASSOCIATED PRESS BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Award is a guarantee of big stars and...
LONDON (AP) — Benedict Cumberbatch says he was an “idiot” to refer to non-white actors as “colored.” The Academy Award-nominated actor used the word on...
LONDON (AP) — Benedict Cumberbatch says he was an “idiot” to refer to non-white actors as “colored.” The Academy Award-nominated actor used the word on...